Lino Aldani

Lino Aldani (born March 29, 1926 in San Cipriano Po , † January 30, 2009 in Pavia ) was an Italian writer who also published under the pseudonym N. L. Janda .

Life

Lino Aldani was a math teacher at a middle school in Rome and returned to his hometown in 1968, where he was mayor for several years.

In 1960 he published his first short stories in the magazine Oltre Il Cielo ( Beyond Heaven ) and in 1963 (with Massimo Lo Jacono and Giulio Raiola) founded Futuro , the first Italian science fiction magazine, which although not long in existence, was nevertheless influential and published for the first time texts in Italian by Adolfo Bioy Casares and J. Rodolfo Wilcock, among others . In the 1990s, Futuro was revived.

It wasn't until 1977 that Lino Aldani's first SF novel came out, followed by four more. His texts have been translated into numerous languages. The story "Gute Nacht, Sophie" was included by Franz Rottensteiner in the anthology "Blick vom Other Ufer", which was published in 1973 in the USA and 1977 in Germany.

Works (selection)

Novels

• Quando le radici. La Tribuna, Piacenza 1977.
  • Arno's escape. Science fiction novel , translated by Hilde Linnert, Heyne Verlag, Munich 1980. ISBN 3-453-30606-6 .
• Eclissi 2000. De Vecchi, Milan 1979.
  • Eclipse. Science fiction stories , translated by Hilde Linnert, Heyne Verlag, Munich 1983. ISBN 3-453-30925-1 .
• with Daniela Piegai: Nel segno della luna bianca. Perseo, Bologna 1980.
• La croce di ghiaccio. Perseo, Bologna 1989.
• Themoro Korik. Perseo, Bologna 2007.
• Aleph 3rd Perseo, Bologna 2007.

stories

• Harem in a suitcase. Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-00995-9 ( Harem nella valigia 1963).
• Thirty-seven degrees. Heyne, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-453-30714-3 ( Trentasette centigradi 1963).
• The mine. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( La miniera 1964).
• Canis sapiens. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Canis sapiens 1964).
• A real redhead. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Una rossa autentica 1964).
• Good night, Sophie Suhrkamp 1977, ISBN 3-518-36859-1 ( Buonanotte, Sofia 1964).
• Korok. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Korok 1964).
• The octopus. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Il kraken 1964).
• The ultimate truth. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( L'ultima verita 1964).
• The moon with the twenty arms. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( La luna delle venti bracchia 1964).
• The curious. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( I curiosi 1964).
• Death of a secret agent. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Morte d'un agente segreto 1964).
• Orders are not discussed. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Gli ordini non si discutono 1964).
• Perfect technocracy. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Tecnocrazia integrale 1964).
• The other bank. Heyne, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-453-30925-1 ( L'altra riva 1972).
• Visit to the father. Heyne, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-30820-4 ( Visita al padre 1976).
• Red diced. Heyne, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-30872-7 ( Screziato di rosso 1977).
• Double chess. Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-453-30925-1 ( Scacco doppio 1979).
• Invisible enemy. Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-453-30925-1 ( Nemico invisible 1979).
• Eclipse. Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN ( Eclissi 2000 1979).
• Psychosomatic double. Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02768-X ( Doppio psicosomatico 1982).
• Quo vadis, Francisco ?. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-04466-5 ( Quo vadis, Francisco? 1985).
• While I waited for the freighter. Heyne, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-453-31174-4 ( In attesa del cargo 1980)

German editions

• The labyrinths of the future. Compiled and edited by Lino Aldani, translated by Hilde Linnert. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1984. ISBN 3-453-31002-0 .
• The fourth dimension. Science fiction stories. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1986. ISBN 3-453-31246-5 ( Quarta dimensione ).

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 8 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Lino Aldani in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lino Aldani in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Lino Aldani at Open Library
• Lino Aldani , entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• Bibliography (Italian)